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VENTILATING APPARATUS FOR KITCHEN OR: OTHER APARTMENTS. No. 430,667.Patented June 24, 1890.

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ZORAIDA M. MOE, OF NANUET, NEW YORK.

VENTILATING APPARATUS FOR KITCHENS OR OTHER APARTMENTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 430,667, dated June 24,1890.

Application filed May 22, 1885- $erial No. 166,418. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ZORAIDA M. MOE, of Nanuet, in the county of Rocklandand State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inVentilating Apparatus for Kitchens or other Apartments, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to ventilating apparatus for kitchens and otherapartments.

The object is in a simple, ready, and efficient manner,by adaptation toranges, stoves, or fire-places already in position, to provide means forventilating an apartment or for removing vapors and odors arising inkitchens from substances in process of cooking, and this withoutinterfering with or obstructing the draft of the range, stove, orfire-place.

"With this object in view the invention consists in the combination,with the flue proper of a range, stove, or fire-place, of aventilating-pipe extending upward through and located wholly or in partin and protected by a portion of the range, stove, or fire-place, saidpipe being inclined at its upper part or extremity its upper endcommunicating with the flue, preferably at the lower part thereof,without entering the same, and its lower end communicating with theapartment, whereby uninterrupted passage of air from the apartment in adirect line into and through the flue is insured; whereby, also, whenthe passage of air through the ventilating-pipe by reason of highinitial heat is greater, the draft through the flue proper is increased;whereby, also, when by reason of higher initial heat the passage of theproducts of combustion is greater, draft through the ventilatingpipe isinduced; whereby, also, the ventilating-pipe is not exposed to cold andthe falling or retarding of the products of combustion due to cooling isprevented; whereby, also, the lower outlet of the ventilating-pipe maybe located at the point desired at which to withdraw the vitiated airwithout necessitating the use of bends or sharp angles, which impede theonward passage of the air, whereby, also, the admission of the air fromthe ventilating-pipe to the flue is accomplished without involving theintroduction into the latter of a part of the ventilatingpipe, thusavoiding the obstruction of the flue, and whereby, finally, theprovision of separate passages for the productsof combustion and for theescape of vitiated air, from the apartment is avoided.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and inwhich like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts, I haveillustrated one form of embodiment of my invention.

Figure 1 represents a View in front elevation, with a portion of theupper part broken away to disclose the interior and show the situationof application of the invention with relation to the parts, theventilating-pipe and connections being shown in section, the Viewillustrating my invention applied to a range; and Fig. 2 represents adetail view of the preferred construction of damper, with means foroperating the same.

In the drawings, A indicates an ordinary cooking-range, of which the topalone, provided with the usual stove-holes, is shown, and B designatesthe ordinary draft or smokeescape pipe.

0 designates the chimney-flue.

D represents a ventilating-pipe which may be entirely inclined, butwhich I prefer to make with one inclined and one vertical part, asshown. This ventilating-pipe is located in and protected by a portion ofthe range, as shown, and extends downward into the space above thecooking part of the range, itslocation being such that the vapors andodors arising from the cooking-stove may enter the lower opening of theventilating-pipe. The upper end of the ventilating-pipe communicateswith the lower part of the fiue (3 without entering said fine. I preferto provide the lower end of the ventilating-pipe D with a dampersubstantially of the construction shownthat is to say, the damper D ishinged at a to a damper-frame D which is fixed at the bottom of the pipeor passage D. The damper D may thus be raised into the position shown infull lines in Fig. 2 or lowered to the position shown in dotted lines,the former position opening and the latter closing the passage.

E designates a lever for operating the damper, pivoted at b, one end Eof which forms a finger-piece for operating the lever,

position shown by full lines in Fig. 2, and the.

pawl c is swung into engagement with the teeth 6, in order to hold thedamper in its elevated position. When the damper is to be closed, thehand is applied to the end E of the lever, and by the thumb or fingerthepawl c is withdrawn from the teeth 6, thereby permitting the lever Eand damper D to swing downward into the position shown by dotted linesin Fig. 2. The pawl c has a. pr0- jection or finger-piece 0, whereby itmay be swung into and out of engagement with the teeth 6, and thefinger-piece c and the handpiece E of the lever are in such closeproximity that they may both be manipulated by the thumb and fingers ofone hand in order to open or close the damper.

The operation is as follows: A fire being started in the range, thedamper D may be opened in the manner above described, and retained inits open position by the mechanism adapted for the purpose. The vaporsand fumes from the material being cooked upon the stove, as well asother vitiated air from the room, are immediately drawn into theventilating-p'ipe and outward through the chimney-flue not only withoutinterfering with the operation of the latter to withdraw the products ofcombustion from the range, but when the temperature of the vitiated airor vapor is greater really assisting the operation of the flue. Theinclined position of the pipe D renders unnecessary the introduction ofthe pipe into the interior of the chimney-flue,

thus affording greater economy in construe tion, and at the same timeavoiding any obstruction of the flue proper. The body and upper outletof the ventilating-pipe being entirely within the range, they areprotected against cold, and this construction affords an obviousadvantage over one in which the ventilating-pipe is exposed to theatmosphere before its communication with the chimney-flue, the latterconstruction serving to condense the vapors that arise and interferematerially with the operation of the device.

'Having thus fully described my invention, whatI claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the fine of a range,

stove, or fire-place, of an upwardly-extending inclinedventilating-pipe, located within the range, stove, or fire-place,communicating at its upper end with the chimney-flue without enteringthe same, and at its lower end with the apartment, the lower end beinglocated directly above the range, stove, or fire-place, substantially asand for the purposes described.

2. The combination, with the range, stove,

or fire-place A, having the smoke-pipe B, and flue C, of theventilating-pipe D, vertical in the lower and inclined in the upper partof its length, located within the range, stove, or fire-place, andcommunicating at its upper end with the interior of the chimney-fluewithout entering the latter at its lower end with the apartment, andhavingits lower end directly over the range, stove, or fire-place, andprovided with a damper, substantially as described.

. ZORAIDA M. MOE. Witnesses.

FREDK. HAYNES,

MATTHEW PoLLooK.

